I have the hardest time having conversations with parents who bray on and on about how good their government schools are. Sure, parts of some of them are good, but in the big picture, the system is basically the beginning of a wastewater treatment plant.
That is the story of my relationship with my parents. They love the public screwl system and have never supported my wifes efforts to homeschool our 8 kids. It makes for a really bad relationship.